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Who doesn’t love ice cream?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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Why Does the Sun Melt Ice Cream?

Ice cream melts because it's frozen. In order to stay frozen, the air around the ice cream has to be really cold. The molecules in that cream and sugar mixture are moving away more slowly when they're frozen. But when the ice cream starts to absorb the energy in the warm air, the molecules start to move faster. They turn back into liquid.

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